Drew Sitton

1 week ago | sdnews.com | Drew Sitton

As many of the artists who defined the movement pass away, San Diego Museum of Art (SDMA) inside Balboa Park is hosting landmark exhibit “american minimal” through June 1 which revisits and broadens the definition of minimalism while still honoring its core canon. The anchor piece and inspiration of the exhibit is late artist Frank Stella’s “Flin Flon VIII” (1970), a huge, colorful geometric painting.

1 week ago | sdnews.com | Drew Sitton

SANDAG is in the very early stages of planning a rapid bus route between San Ysidro and Downtown.

2 weeks ago | sdnews.com | Drew Sitton

Living on the streets, dogs can be an important form of protection, keeping guard and scaring off those who mean harm while providing companionship during a traumatic experience. Those same dogs can be a barrier to getting off the streets, as only three percent of shelters in the U.S. allow pets, according to Feeding Pets of the Homeless. Father Joe’s Villages (FJV), San Diego’s largest homeless services provider, is advocating for that number to grow.

3 weeks ago | sdnews.com | Drew Sitton

“True West,” a searing family drama written by Sam Shepard, is being presented by Roustabouts Theatre Co through April 13. Roustabouts artistic director Phil Johnson directs the show examining creative male energy versus destructive male energy amid a crumbling American dream. The two opposing forces are at epitomized by estranged brothers Austin (David McBean) and Lee (Jason Maddy) housesitting for their mother.

1 month ago | sdnews.com | Drew Sitton

University Club, Downtown’s century-old membership club, will undergo a $2 million renovation from mid June through Labor Day. It will remain open for the duration. The renovation will largely be aesthetic, modernizing the look of the top story of the Symphony Towers and removing an underutilized fine dining room. It comes a year after the towers’ first floor occupant, the Jacobs Music Center, completed a $125 million renovation.